Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 11:15:43 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> Cc: 'FreeBSD Java mailing list' <freebsd-java@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Who used jdk 1.1.8 and linux 1.2.2? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0105251113160.15643-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9C0E@l04.research.kpn.com>
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On Fri, 25 May 2001, Koster, K.J. wrote: > Dear All, > > We are collecting a tremendous number of JDK's. We have 1.1.8, 1.2.2 (2x), > 1.3.0. As soon as someone sits down to write the Makefiles for them, 1.3.1 > and 1.4 should be added to this list. > > I appreciate that 1.1.8 is genuinely useful for applet development, and also > our only official native port. I don't think it's time to pull the plug on > it. Still I'd like to know how widely it's used. > > The usefulness of Linux JDK 1.2.2 is less obvious. Apart from "I haven't had > time", what are your reasons not to switch to 1.3? Are there stability > issues that keep you from moving to 1.3? 1. (kind of spurious) working on a project with that JVM specified as the implementation platform. 2. (more relevant) using BerkeleyDB support; I've got some C stuff and some Java that uses it and I didn't want to have to build or maintain a Linux version of the libraries. So I'd like to see a native port. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287163 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk Talk is cheap: free, as in beer. As in Real Ale, not that Budweiser rubbish. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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